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NITED TATES JOHN F. DIEMER, OF ELIZABETH, NEXV JERSEY, AND PAUL E.GONON, OF NFAV YORK, N. Y.

PAPER-BOX.

$PIEiCIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389,367, datedSeptember 11, 1888.

Application filed January 18, 1888. Serial No. 261,136. (ModeLl To allwhom it may concern:

Be it known that we, J onN F. DIEMER, of Elizabeth, in the county ofUnion and State of New Jersey, and PAUL EGONON, of the city, county, andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPaper- Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The invention relates to paper-boxes used for filing folded papers,documents, bills, &c., such as described and shown in the patent, No.354,694, granted to us December, 2], 1886.

The object of the invention is to provide certain new and usefulimprovements in paperboxes in which the several parts of the latter canbe conveniently shipped in a folded condition and then fitted togetherwhenever desired.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details andcombinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, andthen pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the paper-box body in an extendedposition. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the folded paper-box body. Fig.3 is a plan view of the metallic bottom plate. Fig. 4 is a sectional endelevation of the same on the line run; of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan viewof the locking-plate. Fig. (i is a sectional end elevation of the sameon the liney y of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is asectional side elevation of thefiir ished box on the line of Fig. 8. Fig. 8 is a sectional plan view ofthe same on the line in w of Fig. 7, and Fig. S is an enlarged detailsectional view of the bottom portion of the box. Fig. 9 is a sectionalside elevation of a modification.

The paper-box body A is formed of a blank (shown in Fig. 1) providedwith the sides A, A5 A, and A, of which the latter has a flange,A,provided with a row ofapertnres,l3,adapted to register with acorresponding row of apertures, 0, formed in the outer end of the sideA. On the lower end of each side A, A A, and A is formed a flange, E,E", E, or E, of which the flanges E and E are provided with the metallicstrips F and F, respectively, se-

cured to the flanges by rivets, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, or by bendingone end over the outer edge, as shown in Fig. 9, or by other suitablemeans. Each strip F is provided on its upper edge with anoutwardly-extending bend, F On the upper ends of the sides A and A aresecured by rivets or dents the metallic strengthening-plates G and G,which serve to stiffen the sides A and A* of the finished box.

\Vhen the blank shown in Fig. 1 is set up in a rectangular position, sothat the flange A' overlaps the outer end of the side A, then theapertures B and O register with each other, and the flange A is fastenedto the side A by inserting rivets or eyelets D through the registeringapertures 13 and G, and then the rivets or eyelets are riveted, wherebythe sides A, A, A, and A are securely fastened together to form thebox-body A. The latter can then be folded flat in the position shown inFig. 2-thatis,two adj oining sides are placed or folded on the two othersides.

The metallic bottom plate, H,is fitted to cover the bottom opening ofthe box-body A when the latter is placed in a rectangular position, asshown in Fig. 8, and the said bottom plate is provided on two oppositesides with the bends H. (Shown plainly in Figs. 3 and 4.) Thelocking-plate I is a plain piece of stiff card-board adapted to slidebetween the bends ll of the bottom plate, H. In order to fasten thebottom plate, II, to the box-body A, the latter is placed in arectangular position with the flanges E and E turned inward, and thenthe plate H. is placed on the bottom of the said flanges with the bend Hextending downward, after which the other flanges, E and E", are placedon the under side of the bottom plate, H, and the locking-plate l isplaced on the bottom of the flanges FE and E and the bottom plate, H,between the bends F F, H, and H, which stand at about an angle offorty-five degrees. The operator now presses the said bends on the plateI either with hammers or other suitable means, whereby the plate I ishemmed in on all four sides by the said bends.

It will be seen that the several parts of the boxthatis, the box-body A,the bottom plate, H, and the locking-plate Ican be shipped veryconveniently by folding the box-body A,

ted lines in Fig. 3.) When the bottom plate is placed on the flanges Eand E", as above de scribed, rivets may be inserted through the saidapertures and then riveted, so as to firmly secure the plate H to thesaid flanges E and E Having thus fully described our invention, we claimas new and desire to secure by Letters 'Iatent 1. In a paper-box, thecombination, with the box-body and two flanges, each formed on'one endof each side of the box, of two metallic strips held one on each of saidflanges, each strip being provided with a bend, a metallic bottom plateprovided on two opposite sides with bends, and a locking-plate held inplace by the said bends on the bottom plate and the metallic strips,substantially as shown and described.

2. A paper-box provided on its bottom with a metallic bottom plateprovided on two opposite sides with bends, the paper-box body havingflanges on two opposite sides carrying metallic strips provided withbends, and a locking-plate held in place by said bends, substantially asshown and described.

3. In a paper-box, the combination,with the box having two flanges, EEP,one on the lower end of each side portion, and two flanges, E E, oneeach on the lower end of each end portion, said flanges E 121 providedwith metallic strips F having inturned bends, of a metallic bottomplate, H, disposed between the flanges E E and E E, said plate providedon two opposite sides with bends, and the lockingplate I, held in placeby said bends of the strips F and the plate H, substantially as shownand described.

JOHN F. DIEMER. PAUL E. GONON.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. Hosrnn, EDGAR TATE.

